amigamad wrote:
choice and competition helps the market and can only make each os better . :-)
It's really not that simple. The fact is the Amiga market is a micro-market in the much bigger computer market (aka PC market). For the Amiga market to survive the Amiga market itself must continue to grow. So to say that it's good for the Amiga market to have choice is true from someone within the market, however, overall the lack of a solid standard and a united front against the main PC market makes it hard (or impossible) for the general Amiga market to grow.
It is well known that the best way to defeat your enemy is to first divide and then conquor. The Amiga market has voluntarily divided itself up into sperate, smaller, less influential camps that often war against each other. Over all I think the Amiga market is experiencing what I call "destruction". Putting a positive spin on this "choice" is missleading, the net effect is a smaller user base with less software support which equals a dead platform.
There is really only one chance for the Amga to make a comback and that is re-unite. The name "Amiga" is far more powerful then any technical merits and thus makes it a wise choice to become the back-bone of the market. Currently Eyetech make the Amga hardware and Hyperion make the OS and Amiga Inc liscences out it's name. Sounds like a winning combination to me. Support for MorphOS is a waste of time in my opinion and only serves to guarantee the complete failure of both platforms.
- Mike
